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Hope you can help. We have found some old black and white geometric tiles in our hall under some old porcelain tiles, they look lovely but they do not go with the natural travertine stone tiles that I am having laying. The guys are using flexible adhesive I would like to keep them for the...

Was wondering what the going rate per/m is for victorian tiling.Got 1 to look at later(hallway).Customer wants ideas on patterns,colours and price.Never done it before,know its very specialist but hey,im up for a challenge.Any advice appreciated

Hi all, I've just fitted out a victorian style bathroom with tiles from Original Style, it's a simple cream and black 4 inch checkerboard with black and cream pencil border. I've spent the best part of the day trying to clean "grout residue" from the black tiles with an acid/detergent-based...

I own an 1897 terraced house in East London. To my chagrin I had to take up my original Victorian mosaic front pathway. I now have 5 large buckets of tiles, carefully lifted and roughly cleaned to dispose of. I am seeking no payment, just a home for part of our heritage. All I would ask is that...

I'm about to do a victorian tiled floor and was wondering if there is any computer programmes to help me lay it out. I would appreciate any help.

Hi, Got to tile my brothers outside front step next week in victorian tiles,weather permitting. I have been told to work from the centre and go outwards,also the face of the step is crumbling so not sure how to level this out,any further advice on this kind of tiling and the levelling out...

Hi All the info is out there on the net about this subject but I am seeming to go round in circles a bit...as opinions differ... Here are my tiles, just a small number - won't be doing a hall or anything big, so this is not a majorly important cleanup....an improvement would be nice.... Some...

Thanks will be given to quality advice on this subject and will surly get a couple of rounds in in the forum arms. i was reading a post a couple of weeks ago about a client who wanted a wall job completing without spacers or as little as the 1mm and i think it was dave who provided the client...

Hi folks, I have been admiring some of your albums tonight and I have fallen in love with the geometric tiles, I would love to know the process of laying these in a hallway, what is involved? I know they are very labor intensive.

Hi, I am renovating a Victorian house and want to use a white octagon and black dot tile on the floor, in a traditional unglazed tile. I've found affordable unglazed square tiles but the market in octagonal tiles appears to be sewn up tight by specialist 'Victorian tile' companies whose products...

Hi A little while back I asked for some advice on Victorian path tiling (thanks to those who replied) which I'm now ready to go ahead with. I've got a couple of local firms coming to quote but thought it'd also be worth offering the job here too. There's approximately 3 square metres of...

Hi guys, ive been tiling for nearly 4 years now and still building up a good reputation. ive still got work coming in and fortunately for me ive not been quiet for a while. recently ive noticed a call for Victorian tiling in my area and a local supplier has asked me if i want them to pass some...

hi, which is the best product to take the sealer of Victorians tiles and what tools would you use, and how to do it?

VICTORIAN FLOOR Hi everybody this is my first post would welcome some advice and comments on the following Im not a full time tiler but it comes into what I do and Im quite proficent but have never layed a victorian floor Im fine with setting out and boarders and corners OK its a 25 sq mtr...

Here is my first Victorian floor. Interesting work! http://www.tilersforums.com/members/grumpygrouter-albums-floors-picture27583-025.jpg

Hi, I'd like to replace my dull old concrete slab garden path with a fancy victorian style tiled one and would be grateful for some help. I know from searching the forums there's some experts on this subject on here! The path is pretty much a simple rectangle, 330cm long x 90cm wide, with a...

Hi all My m8 has a victorian tiled hallway that is very worn and tired.The colour is very faded and the surfaces of the tile are pitted and no longer flat.I am going to attemt to revive it and was wondering what the best method would be to strip it down. Would ltp grimex or power stripper do...

Hello I am wanting to relay my original Victorian tiled floor. I have around 80% of the tiles. I have researched the manufacturer to be Craven Dunnill, but getting the missing tiles remade is expensive, so I searched for an alternative and found some that I can cut to size and intermingle with...

Hi every one I have some questions - hope you can help as this is the biggest job Ive ever done - want to get it just right. I have Victorian flat conversion on a busy main road in London - flat shakes occasionally. It has wobbly wooden floorboards. I want to lay a large white tile (poss 60 x...

Hi these are floors from contracts over the years most had been written off by either the client or the architect. not going to say anything much about them as the pics do it all. again my apologies if they are out of sequence but i'm sure that everyone can figure them out. Cheers Steve. the...